Feb 18, 2017 · Seriously speaking both: I like/love it so bad I like/love it so badly Sound really strange to me. Bad and Badly just don't sound okay with the words "like" or "love". In the meaning of "very intensively, so much" the phrases given below sound fine to me: I want it so badly I need it so badly I often hear people say: I want it so much I need it …

Jul 17, 2007 · I got a dilemma with choosing the right form in a sentence. 1. I wanted it so badly (we can often hear in everyday conversation) It seems to me that this is grammatically correct as we use an adverb and we answer the question: How badly did …

Mar 11, 2018 · Any dictionary would tell you that the adverb "badly" means "very much", especially when used with the verbs expressing desire (need, want, etc). I need money really badly. I want to learn English badly. The usage is emphatic.

May 2, 2014 · The bad should be understood as an adverb, and 'corrected' (apologies to Americans) to badly. A slight re-ordering of words then gives "I wish so badly (that) I could meet you".

May 26, 2024 · The fragment I’m so inclined to… has a contradictory tone. On the one hand, as you suggest, so indicates that the speaker’s desire is intense. But on the other hand, implicit in the meaning of be inclined to is a certain mildness or weakness: Are you going to the party? Welll… I guess I’m sort of inclined to, but I don’t know.

Nov 15, 2016 · I feel badly that he's sick. I feel bad that he's sick. Both the sentences are correct grammatically, but the use of the adjective bad in front of the sense verb "feel" is more common and idiomatic. (strangely enough, according to The Free Dictionary, badly is also an adjective. I feel badly for his loss).

Oct 21, 2016 · Native speakers do not say that we "love someone|something so bad". Rather we say that we want or need something or someone so bad. bad describes the intensity of need, desire, lack, want, yearning.

Jun 18, 2011 · I just want to know which one is right ? between i miss you so bad i miss you so badly i miss you badly tq:>

Oct 4, 2013 · Is this sentence natural? He damaged his leg so badly in the accident that the bone was emerged.

Jun 12, 2019 · So "beaten up" means "completely beaten". So the meaning of "beaten up" is pretty similar to "beaten badly". You can also move the adverb around: "He was badly beaten". Anyhow using the adverb "badly" is rather more like written language. It is just about possible that there is an ambiguity in using "badly". It could mean "without skill".